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Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby was within her rights to fire a prosecutor who had campaigned for her opponent in the 2014 election, a federal appellate panel held Tuesday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed ...

A former prosecutor who was fired by Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby after backing Mosby’s election opponent will have her case heard by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. A federal judge dismissed Keri L. Borzilleri’s lawsuit last year, ...

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy announced Wednesday he has been diagnosed with neck cancer. A surgical team at Johns Hopkins Hospital will meet later this month to finalize McCarthy’s treatment options and he expects to be recovered by the ...

Maryland law makes it a crime to possess drug paraphernalia, though possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana now constitutes a civil offense punishable by an initial fine of $100 — a legal disparity that has prompted many county state’s attorneys to say they will limit prosecutions for paraphernalia possession.

A Baltimore judge is scheduled to hold an evidentiary hearing next Friday to determine whether Russell A. Neverdon Sr. will appear on November's general election ballot as an independent candidate for city state's attorney.

Russell A. Neverdon Sr., an independent candidate for Baltimore City state's attorney, will appeal to the state Board of Elections a decision that he is not eligible to be placed on November's general election ballot.

The race for Baltimore City State’s Attorney has a bit of a déjà vu feel to it. The challengers are claiming the incumbent prosecutor has not done more to keep violent, repeat offenders behind bars and also needs to improve the office’s reputation in the community. The incumbent counters by pointing to a drop in violent crime and a more efficient and responsive corps of prosecutors.